Saw-handle.



PATBNTED MAY 19, 1908. B. A. PATTERSON & E. P. DICKINSON.

SAW HANDLE. APPLIUATION FILED MAY 1. 1907.

ATTOHNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

EBENEZER ANGUS PATTERSON, OF MORGAN CITY, AND EDWARD FOSTER DICKINSON,OF MATHEWS, LOUISIANA.

SAW-HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

i Patented May 19, 1908.

Application filed May l, 1907. Serial No. 371,309.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that we, EBENEZER ANGUs PATTERSON and EDWARDFosTERDIoxrNsoN, both citizens of the United States7 and residents, resectively, of Morgan City, in the arish of aint Mary and State ofLouisiana, and of Mathews, in the parish of Lafourche and State ofLouisiana, have invented an Improved Saw-Handle, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to saw and other tool handles, and has for itsobject to provide a handle which can be readily and firmly adjusted atright angles or in alinement with the saw blade or tool, or which can bequickly separated therefrom.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a durable handle which canbe manufactured very cheaply; one that can be used on saw blades ofdifferent makes; and one which will permit the saw to be carried withoutdifficulty through the woods because it can be arranged so as not tohave any members projecting at right angles to the main body of the saw.

In this specification, we will describe one form of our invention whichis shown in the accompanying drawings, but we do not limit ourselvesthereto, as we consider ourselves entitled to all forms and embodimentsof the invention which may be held to fall within the scope of theappended claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference refer to the samefeatures in all the iigures, in which Figure 1 is a view of an end of asaw with the handle adjusted at right-angles thereto; Fig. 2 is a viewof an end of a saw with the handle adjusted in alinement therewith Fig.3 is an enlarged sectional view of the fastening members of the handlewith a saw in position; Fig. 4 is aview showing the keeper on one of thearms of the saw receiving members, and Fig. 5 is a view of the washershown in section in Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the handle, which may be made of wood orother suitable material and which is fitted to the hollow base 2, byforcing or driving it into the opening Which is at the terminal 3 havingthe smaller diameter, The other terminal e of the base 2 has a greateroutside diameter which extends for a short distance from the terminal,and the inner diameter of the base for this distance is smaller thanthat of the main body of the base. This portion 4 of the base 2 has afemale screw 5 which is adapted to receive the male screw 6 of the sawreceiving member 7. which is of the thickness of a saw blade, the saidslot extending longitudinally from oneI end of the saw receiving memberto the other and to within a short distance of the terminal of the malescrew 6. As will be seen by examining the drawings, the sides of the sawreceiving member are relatively long to secure a firm hold on the saw.The washer 9 fits around the male screw 6 between the base 2 and mainbody of the saw receiving device, the latter having a shoulder 10 whichprevents the washer from slipping over the main body of the saw grippingmember. Transverse holes 11 are bored through the saw gripping member 7and pins l2 are provided to fit the said holes. A keeper 13 is alsoprovided to press against the heads of the ins and prevent them frombecoming disp aced. This keeper is pivoted at one end so that it can bemoved free from the pins when the saw is to be adjusted.

In using our invention, a saw 14 is inserted in the slot 8 in the sawreceiving member 7 and the holes in the saw are made to register withthe transverse holes 11 in the gripping member. Pins 12 are then pushedthrough the several holes and the keeper 13 is moved over the heads ofthe pins to keep them in place. The washer 9 is then adjusted over theshoulder 10 and the hollow base 4 of the handle is screwed down on thewasher. The washer is pressed down on the edge of the saw by the act ofscrewing down the handle and the saw is thereby secured rigidly to thehandle, it being prevented from rotating relatively to the handle by thelong sides of the saw-gripping member, which are in contact with the resective sides of the saw blade and it is unab e to move in aperpendicular direction relatively to the handles by the washer. The sawis therefore securely fastened to the handle. Different makers of sawspunch the holes in the saw blades at different distances from theirterminals; but with our arrangement, these differences will not preventthe saw from being rigidly fastened to the handle either at right anglesthereto or in alinement therewith. The dee slot permits the handle toreceive the diferent-saw blades and they are secured 'firmly by placingthe pins in position and by screw- This member has slot 8 ing down thehandle with the washer in position.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

1. A fastening for tools, comprising in combination, a tool receivingmember which has a threaded stem of less diameter than the body of thetool receiving member, the said tool receiving member having a slotextending through one of its terminals to receive the blade of the saw,transverse holes in the slotted portion of the said tool receivingmember, a detachable pin adapted to fit the said holes, a keeper adaptedto lie close to the tool receiving member and which when in positionwill retain the pin in the said holes, a straight handle having' anut-like portion adapted to enmesh with the threaded stem piece when thehandle is in alinement therey with, and a washer, the hole in which isless in diameter than the body of the tool receiving member, the saidwasher being disposed on the threaded stem of the tool receiving memberand being adapted to be pressed down on the body of the tool receivingmember by the nut-like portion of the handle with which it is incontact.

2. A fastener for tools, comprising a tool receiving member, rigid on athreaded stem,

the said tool-receiving member being slotted l to receive a saw blade,the said slotted portions of the tool-receiving member having extensivesurfaces to prevent any relative rotary movements of the saw blade,transverse holes in the slotted portions of the toolgripping member,adapted to register with the fastening holes in the saw blade,detachable pins adapted to lit the said holes, a straight handle with anut-like portion at one end adapted to screw on the threaded stem whenin alinement therewith, and a washer with a large surface, adapted to bedisposed on the threaded stem and be pressed against l theedge of thesaw blade when the handle is screwed down on the stem of the tool-grip-I ping member, to prevent any movement of the saw blade in the plane ofthe slot in the tool-gripping member.

In testimony whereof we have signed our naines to this speciiication inthe presence of l two subscribing witnesses.

EBENEZER ANGUS PATTERSON. EDWARD FOSTER DICKINSON. lVitnesses to thesignature of Ebenezer Angus Patterson:

H. A. BAss, LON KAHN.

WTitnesses to the signature of Edward Foster Dickinson:

J. D. BRIANT, B. S. NORTON.

